Quotes About Enemies

Each State can have for enemies only other States, and not men; for between things disparate in nature there can be no real relation.

It is unethical for any man to tax another man's home to fund his social agenda. Friends don't do that, your enemies will.

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.

When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.

A man must not only stand for the right principles, but he must also fight for them. Those who fight for principle can be proud of the friends they've gained and the enemies they've earned.

However wicked men may be, they do not dare openly to appear the enemies of virtue, and when they desire to persecute her they either pretend to believe her false or attribute crimes to her.

Men are always thinking that they are going to do something grandly wicked to their enemies; but when it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.

Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies. [Health and sickness surely are men's double enemies.]

Man's worst enemies are boredom and discontent.

A man can choose his enemies but not his supporters.

To have friends, you know, one need only be good-natured; but when a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about him.

The IRS takes your money. Congress uses our money to arm our enemies. The IRS takes more of your money. Congress uses that money to fight the enemies Congress just armed.

Money can't buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy.

Wit is the most dangerous talent you can possess. It must be guarded with great discretion and good-nature, otherwise it will create you many enemies.

The only 'natural enemies' are those who take one's very nature as an offence.

A certain excess of animal spirits with thoughtless good-humor will often make more enemies than the most deliberate spite and ill-nature, which is on its guard, and strikes with caution and safety.

In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.

Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.

It is our enemies who provide us with the challenge we need to develop the qualities of tolerance, patience and compassion.

You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.

Peace is not made with friends. Peace is made with enemies.

When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country may cease to want war, but above all that my country will cease to do the things that make war inevitable.

One not need make peace with friends, only with enemies

One doesn't make peace with one's friends. One makes peace with one's enemies.